Hostage lessons for Prince Harry

PRINCE HARRY was hooded and threatened with torture during brutal hostage training to prepare him for a return to Afghanistan.

Prince Harry is in line to return to Afghanistan to give air support to troops hunting the Taliban. []

He got the frightening lesson on a course teaching pilots how to survive, evade capture, resist interrogation and how to escape.

Harry, a captain in the Army Air Corps in the final stages of training as an Apache helicopter pilot, is in line to return to Afghanistan to give air support to troops hunting the Taliban.

He spent 10 weeks in the strife-torn country, working as a forward air controller, in the winter of 2007-8. His switch to flying helicopters was designed to give him another route to serving on the front line.

Prince Harry, 27, went to RAF St Mawgan, near Newquay in Cornwall, two weeks ago to take part in a survive, evade, resist, extract course.

Harry, 27, went to RAF St Mawgan, near Newquay in Cornwall, two weeks ago to take part in a survive, evade, resist, extract course.

A defence source said: “It’s standard training for all aircrew. It teaches you what you might encounter if your aircraft comes down and if for any reason you aren’t picked up by a joint recovery team.”